Panel Recommends New Middle School In District 157-c

July 06, 1999|By Mary Wilds.

FRANKFORT — School District 157-C should build a new middle school and keep class sizes small, according to the district's Comprehensive Planning Committee that recently gave its final recommendations to the school board.

The 20-member committee, which included school officials and parents, was formed 15 months ago to develop a long-range plan for the district in such matters as finance, support services, curriculum, staffing, facilities and transportation.

The committee was formed in part because of recent village estimates that Frankfort's population will triple by the year 2020.

Many committee recommendations revolved around class sizes and school instruction. They included: a recommendation that class sizes be kept to 25 students per teacher; that all new buildings be equipped with facilities in which lunches can be prepared for students; that a tax increase benefiting the operation and maintenance fund should be implemented; and that a second middle school be designed and built within the next four to 10 years.